Since the start of the Fujitsu Cup and Ying Cup in 1988, the world of Go has entered the three-country four-way interpretation of China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Japan relied on cho ji-hoon, Kobayashi Koichi, Lin Haifeng, Takemiya Masaki, Otake Hero, Kato Masao and other six super-masters in the leading position at the beginning, but with the emergence of the four kings of South Korea, such as Lee Chang-ho, Cho Kao-hyun, Liu Chang-hyuk and Seo Bong-so, a Korean wave ravaged the chess world and led the trend of world Go from then on. Embarrassingly, China, the birth mother of Go, has always been in a backward and beaten situation. Seven years later, in 1995, Ma Xiaochun doubled the Fujitsu Cup and the Toyo Securities Cup the previous year, becoming China's first World Champion of Go, which seemed to sound the trumpet of counterattack, but it was only a flash in the pan. After another five years, China's second world champion was born, he is Yu Bin, who is known as the "second oldest man of ten thousand years".
Born in 1967 in Tiantai County, Zhejiang Province, Yu Bin won the 9th "New Sports Cup" Go Championship in 1987 at the age of 20, becoming a rising star. Unexpectedly, he fell into the strange circle of runners-up, the most classic of which is that he won five national individual runners-up in succession between 91 and 96. There are only a few champions, and the runner-up has won a basket, so there are enthusiastic people who give him the elegant title of "Ten Thousand Years Old Second". For Yu Bin, this is a somewhat embarrassing nickname. The hat remained on his head until he participated in the Asian Cup TV Fast Chess Tournament in 1997, when he first appeared and won the championship after passing kobayashi Koichi, Lee Chang-ho and Wang Licheng.
Yu Bin played nine pieces of chess
After three years, Yu Bin once again shined and won the world championship in one fell swoop. It was the fourth LG Cup World Chess Championship, and in the semi-finals, Liu Chang-hyuk vs. Lee Chang-ho, Cho Hwan-hyun vs. Yu Bin, and almost everyone sentenced Yu Bin to death. But it was such a 1 hit 3, the second of the thousand years suddenly went mad, the semi-final cut over Cao Kao Hyun Hyun, and in the 2000 final 3:1 Li Liu Chang Hyuk, forced a single knife to go to the meeting, pulled a championship from the mouth of the Korean tiger. The significance of Yu Bin's championship is extraordinary, since Ma Xiaochun won the double championship in 1995, after five years, China once again topped the World Championship, and he became the second person in China's World Championship. Since then, no one has put the hat of "Ten Thousand Years Old Two" on Yu Bin's head.
Yu Bin won the LG Cup World Chess Championship
Yu Bin is also talked about by his long-distance love run. Yu Bin's chess and character in the Chinese Go world have always been praised by everyone. But such a generous Zhejiang man has been chasing a Shanghai beauty for more than eight years. With a thick and honest face, he always smiled bitterly and said: "Eight years, the War of Resistance has been victorious, you say that I am such an easy wife, can you not cherish it?" ”
Yu Bin's wife, Wang Yiqing, seven years younger than him, first met at the 1991 National Promotion Tournament. At that time, Yu Bin was 24 years old, and Wang Yiqing was only 17 years old, and was trying to promote him from amateur to professional chess player. On the first day of the competition, Yu Bin's eyes lit up, and he fell in love with the pure and beautiful Wang Yiqing at first sight. Since then, after playing chess, he ran to the Shanghai Chess Academy without any trouble, and very seriously reviewed Wang Yiqing and some other small players, leaving a good impression on Wang Yiqing, and Yu Bin's gu pan for love got some responses. The following year, they met again. At the end of the game, Yu Bin plucked up enough courage to find an excuse and said to his sweetheart: "You leave an address for me, and I can send you any new chess scores in the future." This "excuse" really worked, And Wang Yiqing didn't say a word, so he left a mailing address that made Yu Bin excited. Since then, the two have begun to communicate with Hongyan. The Wang family is a family of scholars, the family rules are very strict, as a teacher, Wang's father and mother Wang believe that their daughter is too young, should focus on academics, and do not recognize the love affair between the two. Yu Bin learned of the rejection from Wang Yiqing again and again, was hit again and again, and worked tirelessly for love again and again.
Yu Bin's family
Because of the distance between the two places, he used to visit his girlfriend in Shanghai on average once a month in the Chinese chess academy. At that time, he did not have much income, and in order to save money, he had to squeeze the train. Maybe it is the concentration of playing chess, Yu Bin is not in a hurry, he is happy in pain, he is convinced that "sincerity is the beginning, the golden stone is open." Finally, after years of research, with Yu Bin's deep affection and unswervingness, Wang Yiqing's parents recognized him as a knowledgeable and reliable son-in-law. But at this time, Wang Yiqing was still in college, and Yu Bin had to wait and wait, but their feelings were never diminished by the passage of time, on the contrary, they lasted for a long time.
In 1999, the eight-year relationship finally ended with "a lover eventually becoming a family member". Yu Bin got his wish and became a well-known Son-in-law in Shanghai. Before marriage, his father-in-law and mother-in-law had reminded his future wife that he would not cook, and when he patted his chest, "No problem, I will burn, I will never let Xiaoqing suffer." "Maybe it was this resounding guarantee that finally made the second elder nod his head." After marriage, sure enough, Yu Bin became a veritable "model husband".
Yu Bin dueled against Nie Weiping
Yu Bin also has a well-known name - the head coach of the Chinese Go team. As a gold medal coach, Yu Bin has made outstanding contributions to the development and growth of Chinese Go. In 2007, Yu Bin became the coach of the women's Go team, and in 2008, he led the Chinese women's Go team to win all three gold medals in the women's Go at the first World Mind Games. After the election vote, in 2009, Yu Bin took over the head coach's scepter from Ma Xiaochun and has since devoted himself to the training of the national team.
After Yu Bin was elected as the head coach of the Chinese Go team through the competition, many people pinched a sweat for this "good old man" - can he suppress these star chess players of the national team? Not really. Yu Bin, who has been plotting on the chessboard for many years, also has his own set of management, "You can't treat yourself as an official, every day with a shady face, who sees you not hiding?" Yu Bin said that as a coach of the Go team, the most important thing is to do a good job in service and communicate with them more, "so that my advantages of good popularity will be useful, they regard me as a friend, what else can I do?" ”
Before Yu Bin became head coach, China only produced five world champions, including Ma Xiaochun, Yu Bin himself, Chang Hao, Luo Xianhe and Gu Li. After Yu Bin took office, he worked hard and meticulously, and introduced a series of targeted measures, such as the internal round robin tournament of the national team, the selection of the world series by the competition points and the winner of the internal selection tournament, etc., which played a very good role in promoting the enthusiasm of chess players. After that, China's Go world championship mushroomed like mushrooms, one after another rushed out. First kong jie's three consecutive championships, then Park Wenyao's coronation, followed by a large number of young talents after the 90s to stand out and blossom. Among them, Chen Yaoye and Tang Weixing have successively become triple champions after the 90s, Ke Jie has achieved the great cause of eight crowns, and there have also emerged four Jie Jiang Weijie, Shi Yue, Zhou Ruiyang, and Feng Jiaxi in 90 years, three Jie Xie Erhao, Yang Dingxin, Gu Zihao in 98 years, and other world champions such as Dang Yifei, Mi Yuting, and Tan Xiao.
I would like to mention a world champion here, and he is Fan Tingyu. He was not included in the list of candidates for the 7th Ying Cup, but yu Bin was very optimistic about the newcomer Wang of the Three Consecutive Championships, and strongly recommended that he make an exception to participate in the competition, which was approved by the leaders of the Chinese Weiqi Association. Who ever thought that Fan Tingyu really did not fail in his mission, breaking the ground and breaking the four masters of China, Japan and South Korea, such as Takao Shenlu, Li Shishi, Tan Xiao, and Sheikh, and reached the final in one fell swoop. In the final of wufan chess, facing South Korea's top player Park Tinghuan, Fan Tingyu, who was looked down on before the game, was like a stone Buddha, with his hands in a series of tendons, calmly coping, and defeating the enemy with a total score of 3:1 and winning the championship in one fell swoop.
Due to his outstanding contributions, good teaching, internal harmony, leadership appreciation and other reasons, Yu Bin's head coach career has lasted for 12 years so far, and it is hoped that under his leadership, in the face of the rising South Korea Ershen, we can find a way to defeat the enemy, and we must not let the Korean Wave once again ruthlessly wreak havoc on the world chess world.
Please, Chief Coach Yu Bin!